Love it! One of my favourite bad interview questions. I got asked this in an interview ~5 years ago. My response was to look shocked... Pause. Then ask: "What do you mean? What detail do you need? DNS? SYN / ACK? HTTP?"
At the point I started talking about syn/acks they just cut me off and moved on to the next question.
Same company (different person) started the phone screen with 'oh so your CV says you know linux, what's the difference between a hard link and a soft link' and was shocked when I knew the answer, declaring the rest of the phone interview pretty pointless - he'd obviously had a bad morning and started with his hardest question.
I've now learnt to see such interview questions as a sign of a workplace with little-to-no learning on the job. Most places that actively encourage learning don't try such things.
At the point I started talking about syn/acks they just cut me off and moved on to the next question.
Same company (different person) started the phone screen with 'oh so your CV says you know linux, what's the difference between a hard link and a soft link' and was shocked when I knew the answer, declaring the rest of the phone interview pretty pointless - he'd obviously had a bad morning and started with his hardest question.
I've now learnt to see such interview questions as a sign of a workplace with little-to-no learning on the job. Most places that actively encourage learning don't try such things.